surgery robot Articles
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Enabling single-site laparoscopy: the SPORT platform
Abstract Background The Single Port Orifice Robotic Technology (SPORT) Surgical System by Titan Medical Inc. is designed to overcome the inherent challenges of minimally invasive single-access procedures. The aim of this preclinical study was to evaluate the feasibility of various digestive surgery procedures using this novel surgical robotic platform. Methods A total of 12 minimally invasive ...
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J&J’s Auris Acquisition Featured in Forbes Article
Forbes recently featured Auris in an article about Johnson & Johnson's $3.5 billion all-cash acquisition of the company. In the deal, Auris is also eligible to receive up to $2.35 billion in additional milestone payments. This deal will boost J&J's plan to expand its robotics program. Auris was joined in 2007 by one of the pioneers of the robotic surgery, Dr. Fred Moll and since then ...
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Robotic Surgery: Who will be the Next Top Dog?
The competitive stakes in robotic surgery have never been higher as medical device companies try to disrupt the market that Intuitive Surgical pioneered more than two decades ago. Robotic surgery pioneer Intuitive Surgical celebrated a big milestone this week: The number of robotic-assisted procedures performed worldwide using the da Vinci surgical system has just surpassed 10 million. ...
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Surgeon perception is not a good predictor of peri-operative outcomes in robot-assisted radical prostatectomy
Abstract Surgeons have always used their cognitive intuition for the execution of skilled tasks and real-time perception of intra-operative outcomes. We attempted to measure the overall accuracy of intra-operative surgeon perception on the functional outcome of early continence after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP). A single experienced surgeon (D.I.L.) used a scoring sheet to ...
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The impact of robotics on neurosurgery
Stuart Campbell, Clinical Sales Development Manager of the Neurological Products Division at Renishaw, discusses key trends on the use of robotics in neurosurgery. The curious case of Phineas Gage is one of the earliest and best known cases of serious brain injury. On September 13th, 1848, Gage was working as a railway foreman in Vermont when an explosion caused a three foot long iron rod to be ...
By Renishaw plc
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Interventional Systems, Johns Hopkins Form Strategic Collaboration To Enhance Accuracy Of Robotic-Assisted Interventions
Interventional Systems is proud to announce the signature of a strategic collaboration agreement with the Johns Hopkins University’s Whiting School of Engineering for the development of novel solutions to enhance the accuracy of robotic-assisted percutaneous procedures. The research team, led by Professor Axel Krieger and Lidia Al-Zogbi, will not only investigate ways to improve the ...
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Robotic surgery’s impact on training the next generation of surgeons [PODCAST]
Technology continues to evolve every day. In the near-term future, portable and easily deployable robots will allow surgeons all over the world to perform minimally invasive surgery in an increasing number of procedure types and become even more effective surgeons. To achieve our goal of having a future surgeon workforce that meets the demands of an aging population and delivers good patient ...
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Vicarious Surgical details its regulatory plans with FDA
Vicarious Surgical (NYSE:RBOT) announced in its quarterly earnings report that it set its FDA regulatory process in motion with a pre-submission. CEO Adam Sachs said in a news release that the robotic surgery technology developer, which just completed its first quarter as a publicly-traded company, filed a “detailed regulatory plan” in the form of a pre-submission to the FDA as it ...
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Fantastic Voyage for Surgery
This week I am talking to Adam Sachs (@AdamSachsVS), CEO and Co-Founder of Vicarious Surgical (@vicarioussurg) a company that is rethinking surgery. Adam is a mechanical engineer by training who studied at MIT focusing on biomedical engineering and robotics. This is where he met his co-founders Sammy Khalifa, Dr. Barry Green. They came together to solve some fundamental challenges with ...
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Robotics startup Vicarious files pre-submission with FDA, fresh from $220M SPAC raise
Vicarious Surgical has filed a pre-submission with the FDA, marking the start of a regulatory process it hopes will lead to a 510(k) application by late 2023. Dive Brief: Vicarious Surgical has filed a pre-submission with the FDA, marking the start of a regulatory process it hopes will lead to a 510(k) application by late 2023. The filing, which Vicarious disclosed in its first quarterly ...
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Teleradiology in Covid-19
The start of coronavirus pandemic pushed limits of healthcare systems all over the world by causing thousands of deaths and the requirement of a huge quantity of healthcare resources. When WHO declared COVID19 as a pandemic, the whole world came to standstill. Half of the world population is confined to their home except for essential services. In the year 2016, when GOI announced ...
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Dr Kreuzer and Intellijoint celebrate 2,000 cases with Intellijoint Navigation
We are celebrating a milestone of 2,000 cases, completed by Dr Kreuzer, with Intellijoint's navigation system.Intellijoint CEO, Armen Bakirtzian, sits down with Dr Kreuzer to discuss the benefits of navigation with the talented Orthopaedic surgeon. Armen Bakirtzian (AB): So, Dr. Kreuzer, 2,000 cases with Intellijoint. Firstly, a heartfelt congratulations and thank you from our entire team at ...
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